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A Little Story about the monster in your closet

Source: Green Peace, Date: January , 2014

A new
investigative reporttitled ‘A Little Story about the monster in your
closet’ (published by Greenpeace) has found a broad range of hazardous
chemicals in children’s clothing and footwear across a number of major clothing
brands, including fast fashion, sportswear and luxury brands. The study follows
on from several previous investigations published by Greenpeace as part of its
Detox campaign, which identified that hazardous chemicals are present in
textile and leather products as a result of their use during manufacture. It
confirms that the use of hazardous chemicals is still widespread – even during
the manufacture of clothes for children and infants.